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Expand Up @@ -180,3 +180,9 @@ Also, because we're recording the parents when we commit, finding a proper merge
These features help encourage developers to create and use branches often.

Let's see why you should do so.

[NOTE]
.Creating a new branch and switching to it at the same time
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It's typical to create a new branch and want to switch to that new branch at the same time -- this can be done in one operation with `git checkout -b <newbranchname>`.
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